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The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 historical drama film directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay by Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock.Based on Giles Foden's 1998 novel, its plot depicts the dictatorship of Ugandan President Idi Amin through the perspective of Nicholas Garrigan, a fictional Scottish doctor.
Forest Whitaker in 2014. Forest Whitaker is an American actor, producer and director.. Whitaker started his career in early roles in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Vision Quest (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Platoon (1986), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) before his leading role in Clint Eastwood's Bird (1988).
Whitaker won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the historical drama The Last King of Scotland (2006). Whitaker made his directorial debut with the television film Strapped (1993), and directed the films Waiting to Exhale (1995), Hope Floats (1998), and First Daughter (2004).
The Last King of Scotland is a novel by journalist Giles Foden, published by Faber and Faber in 1998. Focusing on the rise of Ugandan President Idi Amin and his reign as dictator from 1971 to 1979, the novel, which interweaves fiction and historical fact, is written as the memoir of a fictional Scottish doctor in Amin's employ.
Cinetic Media has signed Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin MacDonald for management. Macdonald won the Academy Award for Best Documentary for “One Day in September,” a look at the 1972 murder of ...
The Last King of Scotland: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Nominated [104] 2008: Atonement: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Nominated [105] British Academy Scotland Awards: 2007 The Last King of Scotland: Best Actor in Film Won [106] 2014: Filth: Best Actor in Film Won [107] 2021: Together: Best Actor in Television Won [108] National Comedy ...
In 2022, Hallett portrayed King Constantine II of Scotland in season 5 of the Netflix historical drama The Last Kingdom. [8] The following year, he reprised his role as King Constantine II in the film The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die, in which a fictionalised version of the events of the Battle of Brunanburh are portrayed.
Kevin Glyn Buchanan Macdonald [1] (born 28 October 1967) is a Scottish film director. His films include One Day in September (1999), a documentary about the 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes, which won him the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the climbing documentary Touching the Void (2003), the drama The Last King of Scotland (2006), the political thriller State of Play (2009 ...